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On Minister's Orders, 2 Teachers Suspended In Kota For 'Love Jihad', 'Conversion'
Two government school teachers were suspended and an inquiry was initiated against a third for their alleged involvement in religious conversion, "love jihad" and ties to banned "jihadi outfits", Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar said.
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Unregistered Madrasas In Muzaffarnagar To Be Penalised Rs 10,000 Per Day: UP Education Department
Taking strong exception to the notice served to madrasas, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, an organisation of Indian Muslims, called the education department's order "unlawful".
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INDIA Trying To Divide People, BJP Slams DMK Minister's "Sanatan" Remark
The BJP Tamil Nadu unit has slammed State Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy for his remarks that the opposition INDIA alliance was forged as an "opposition to Sanatan ideology," saying the DMK was trying to divide people on religious lines.
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UP Madrasas To Introduce NCERT Syllabus From This Year
Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasas has started preparations to provide modern education along with religious instruction, said Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Madrasa Education Council Chairman on Monday.
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India's Rise, Diversity Of Religious Teachings Should Be Highlighted In School Textbooks: Parliamentary Panel
The panel has also stressed that the Department of School Education and Literacy and NCERT should ensure that contributions of unsung freedom fighters get incorporated with equal emphasis in textbooks.
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Pune University Starts 'Ganesh Atharvashirsha' Course; Some Term Move Inappropriate, Wrong Trend
The move has been opposed by some segments for its religious overtones for which the SPPU has put out a notification claiming that is was based on the philosophy of the 'Ganpatya sect' and not on religion.
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Left With No Option, Supreme Court On Karnataka Court Interpreting Quran
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that Karnataka High Court, which has upheld a ban on Hijab in educational institutes, was left without any option but to interpret the Quran on the issue of essential religious practice.
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Assam: Lack Of Teachers, Poor Infrastructure Force Kids In 'Char' To Opt For Madrassas Over Formal Schools
Villagers in Darogar Alga char in Assam, now in news over tearing down of a madrasa, said they chose the religious seminaries over formal schooling as the quality of education in single-teacher lower primary institutions here was doubtful.
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Teacher, Student Arrested For Molesting Minor Boys In Kerala
A teacher and a 22-year-old student of an institution, imparting religious education in Panur area in the district, have been arrested in a POCSO case for allegedly molesting three minor boys, who went there for religious studies.
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"Madrassa Word Should Cease To Exist": Assam Chief Minister
Opposing madrassa education for children, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday that schools should impart modern education so that students have the choice to do anything in the future and religious education can be given at home.
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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea To Ban Religious Attire In Schools
The petitioner's counsel sought to withdraw the petition, when the bench made him known that similar pleas were pending before the Supreme Court, in an apparent reference to the appeal against a Karnataka High Court order upholding the ban on the hijab inside classrooms.
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Introduce Bhagavad Gita Chapter In School Syllabus In Maharashtra: BJP MLA In Assembly
A BJP MLA on Tuesday demanded that the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government introduce a chapter of Bhagavad Gita in the syllabus for schools in the state, contending that it is not only a religious book but also "the essence of life".
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"Uniforms Only": Religious Attire Disallowed In South Delhi Schools
The Education Committee of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation or SDMC has asked its education department officials to ensure that no student comes to its schools in "religious attire".
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RTE Act: Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Respond To Plea Seeking Common Syllabus, Curriculum
The plea challenged the provisions under the RTE Act which excludes madrasas, vedic pathshalas and educational institutions imparting religious knowledge within its ambit.
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Gauhati High Court Upholds Government Decision To Convert Madrassas Into General Schools
The madrassas which are wholly maintained by the state cannot impart religious instructions in terms of the mandate of Article 28(1) of the Constitution of India, the Court said in its judgement.
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On Minister's Orders, 2 Teachers Suspended In Kota For 'Love Jihad', 'Conversion'
Two government school teachers were suspended and an inquiry was initiated against a third for their alleged involvement in religious conversion, "love jihad" and ties to banned "jihadi outfits", Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar said.
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Unregistered Madrasas In Muzaffarnagar To Be Penalised Rs 10,000 Per Day: UP Education Department
Taking strong exception to the notice served to madrasas, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, an organisation of Indian Muslims, called the education department's order "unlawful".
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INDIA Trying To Divide People, BJP Slams DMK Minister's "Sanatan" Remark
The BJP Tamil Nadu unit has slammed State Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy for his remarks that the opposition INDIA alliance was forged as an "opposition to Sanatan ideology," saying the DMK was trying to divide people on religious lines.
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UP Madrasas To Introduce NCERT Syllabus From This Year
Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrasas has started preparations to provide modern education along with religious instruction, said Iftikhar Ahmed Javed, Madrasa Education Council Chairman on Monday.
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India's Rise, Diversity Of Religious Teachings Should Be Highlighted In School Textbooks: Parliamentary Panel
The panel has also stressed that the Department of School Education and Literacy and NCERT should ensure that contributions of unsung freedom fighters get incorporated with equal emphasis in textbooks.
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Pune University Starts 'Ganesh Atharvashirsha' Course; Some Term Move Inappropriate, Wrong Trend
The move has been opposed by some segments for its religious overtones for which the SPPU has put out a notification claiming that is was based on the philosophy of the 'Ganpatya sect' and not on religion.
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Left With No Option, Supreme Court On Karnataka Court Interpreting Quran
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that Karnataka High Court, which has upheld a ban on Hijab in educational institutes, was left without any option but to interpret the Quran on the issue of essential religious practice.
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Assam: Lack Of Teachers, Poor Infrastructure Force Kids In 'Char' To Opt For Madrassas Over Formal Schools
Villagers in Darogar Alga char in Assam, now in news over tearing down of a madrasa, said they chose the religious seminaries over formal schooling as the quality of education in single-teacher lower primary institutions here was doubtful.
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Teacher, Student Arrested For Molesting Minor Boys In Kerala
A teacher and a 22-year-old student of an institution, imparting religious education in Panur area in the district, have been arrested in a POCSO case for allegedly molesting three minor boys, who went there for religious studies.
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"Madrassa Word Should Cease To Exist": Assam Chief Minister
Opposing madrassa education for children, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday that schools should impart modern education so that students have the choice to do anything in the future and religious education can be given at home.
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Madras High Court Dismisses Plea To Ban Religious Attire In Schools
The petitioner's counsel sought to withdraw the petition, when the bench made him known that similar pleas were pending before the Supreme Court, in an apparent reference to the appeal against a Karnataka High Court order upholding the ban on the hijab inside classrooms.
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Introduce Bhagavad Gita Chapter In School Syllabus In Maharashtra: BJP MLA In Assembly
A BJP MLA on Tuesday demanded that the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government introduce a chapter of Bhagavad Gita in the syllabus for schools in the state, contending that it is not only a religious book but also "the essence of life".
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"Uniforms Only": Religious Attire Disallowed In South Delhi Schools
The Education Committee of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation or SDMC has asked its education department officials to ensure that no student comes to its schools in "religious attire".
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RTE Act: Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Respond To Plea Seeking Common Syllabus, Curriculum
The plea challenged the provisions under the RTE Act which excludes madrasas, vedic pathshalas and educational institutions imparting religious knowledge within its ambit.
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Gauhati High Court Upholds Government Decision To Convert Madrassas Into General Schools
The madrassas which are wholly maintained by the state cannot impart religious instructions in terms of the mandate of Article 28(1) of the Constitution of India, the Court said in its judgement.
